Course detail

Business English for Intermediate Students

FEKT-LAOAAcad. year: 2011/2012

The course is focused on develoment of language skills and mastering of vocabulary used in business, mainly concerning company organization, responsibilities, job applications, interviews, products and services, production processes, sales and orders, complaints, money matters, communication - telephoning, correspondence, negotations, meetings, presentation of the company, its products and services. Students will work with textbooks and materials offered by the department.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

3

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

PhDr. Dagmar Malíková

Department

Department of Foreign Languages (UJAZ)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will learn how to communicate in business situations - speak on telephone, write business letters, talk about the company, its products, promotion and sales, and money matters, make presentations.

Prerequisites

The subject knowledge on the Bachelor´s degree level is requested

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Work with business vocabulary, its application in writing and speaking tasks, multimedia tasks, simulation of business situations, role play, pairwork, group work, individual presentations.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Requirements for completion of a course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every year.

Course curriculum

1.The company, its organization, premises, facilities, presentation
2. Communication in the company - telephoning, messages, exchange of information, meetings
3. Description of products, promotion and sales
4. Description of production process, instructions
5. Description of jobs, CV, interview
6. Goods, orders, deliveries
7. Money matters, invoicing, payments
8. Complaints and response to complaints
9. Achievements, plans, trends, graph reading
10. Socializing, cultural differences
11. Banking products, the budget
13. Revision, test
12. Negotiations

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The course develops students´ language skills for talking to people in business situations, business correspondence, presentation of the company and its products, promotion and sales, talking about money matters, communication in a company, and negotiations.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

The content and forms of instruction in the evaluated course are specified by a regulation issued by the lecturer responsible for the course and updated for every academic year.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

S.Sweeney: English for Business Communicatiion, C.U.P., 2003
l.Jones:Working in English,C.U.P., 2001

Recommended reading

B Mascull, Business Vocabulary in Use, C.U.P., 2002
A.Ashley: Commercial Correspondence, O.U.P., 2003
I.Mackenzie: Financial English, Language Teaching Publications, Hove, England, 1996

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme EEKR-ML Master's

    branch ML-BEI , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-TIT , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-KAM , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-EVM , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-EST , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-MEL , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-SVE , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-EEN , 1. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-BEI , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-TIT , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-KAM , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-EVM , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-EST , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-MEL , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-SVE , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge
    branch ML-EEN , 2. year of study, summer semester, general knowledge

Type of course unit

 

Language exercise

26 hours, compulsory

Teacher / Lecturer

PhDr. Dagmar Malíková